When family law clients first visit my office, they bring emotions into the room. These range from anger (because they were served with a complaint) to broken-ness (because of divorce) to terrified (because child custody is at issue). Despite these varying emotions, clients often draw a line in the sand and, without hesitation, make it quite clear they are "not going to settle," and demanding a (affectionately speaking) "pitbull in a skirt" to fight for them.